SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- An association of overseas Korean business leaders has touched off a controversy for planning to ...

Residents watch wildfires spreading to a nearby hillside in Andong, about 190 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on March 25, ...

South Korea redeployed firefighting helicopters after a fatal crash caused a temporary grounding on Wednesday as authorities ...

This photo, provided by a Yonhap reader, shows a blaze burning on a mountain in the southeastern county of Cheongsong, North ...

Officials in southeastern cities and towns ordered residents to evacuate on Tuesday as multiple blazes, fueled by dry winds, burned hundreds of structures, including a 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple.

Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the ...

"Pine trees contain resin, which acts like oil, intensifying fires when ignited. This resin causes wildfires to burn faster, stronger, and longer," said Lee Byung-doo from the National Institute of ...

At least 24 people have been killed as multiple wildfires continue to ravage South Korea's south-east region. Most of the victims are in their 60s and 70s, authorities say, adding that some 26 people ...

South Korean authorities have contained the main blazes in the country's largest forest fire on record, a minister said on ...

Firefighters are struggling to contain the wildfires, which continue to grow rapidly in size, fuelled by strong winds.

Precious historical relics have been destroyed or damaged and more are under threat as wildfires rage across heritage-rich ...